Assyria, a major Mesopotamian East Semitic-speaking kingdom and empire of the ancient Near East, existed as an independent state from perhaps as early as the 25th century BC, until its collapse between 612 BC and 599 BC, spanning the mid to Early Bronze Age through to the late Iron Age.
From the end of the seventh century BC to the mid-seventh century AD, it survived as a geopolitical entity, for the most part ruled by foreign powers, although the Neo-Assyrian Empire and successor states arose at different times during the Parthian and early Sasanian Empires between the mid-second century BC and late third century AD, a period which also saw Assyria become a major centre of Syriac Christianity and the birthplace of the Church of the East.
Centered on the Tigris in Upper Mesopotamia (modern northern Iraq, northeastern Syria, southeastern Turkey and the northwestern fringes of Iran), the Assyrians came to rule powerful empires at several times. Making up a substantial part of the greater Mesopotamian “cradle of civilization,” which included Sumer, the Akkadian Empire, and Babylonia, Assyria was at the height of technological, scientific and cultural achievements for its time. At its peak, the Assyrian empire stretched from Cyprus in the Mediterranean Sea to Iran, and from what is now Armenia and Azerbaijan in the Caucasus, to the Arabian Peninsula, Egypt and eastern Libya.
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Keywords: Assyria, Assyrian, Assur
Bible reference(s): Genesis 2:14, Genesis 10:11, Genesis 25:18, 2 Kings 15:19, 2 Kings 15:20, 2 Kings 15:29, 2 Kings 16:7, 2 Kings 16:8, 2 Kings 16:9, 2 Kings 16:10, 2 Kings 16:18, 2 Kings 17:3, 2 Kings 17:4, 2 Kings 17:5, 2 Kings 17:6, 2 Kings 17:23, 2 Kings 17:24, 2 Kings 17:26, 2 Kings 17:27, 2 Kings 18:7, 2 Kings 18:9, 2 Kings 18:11, 2 Kings 18:13, 2 Kings 18:14, 2 Kings 18:16, 2 Kings 18:17, 2 Kings 18:19, 2 Kings 18:23, 2 Kings 18:28, 2 Kings 18:30, 2 Kings 18:31, 2 Kings 18:33, 2 Kings 19:4, 2 Kings 19:6, 2 Kings 19:8, 2 Kings 19:10, 2 Kings 19:11, 2 Kings 19:17, 2 Kings 19:20, 2 Kings 19:32, 2 Kings 19:36, 2 Kings 20:6, 2 Kings 23:29, 1 Chronicles 5:6, 1 Chronicles 5:26, 2 Chronicles 28:16, 2 Chronicles 28:20, 2 Chronicles 28:21, 2 Chronicles 30:6, 2 Chronicles 32:1, 2 Chronicles 32:4, 2 Chronicles 32:7, 2 Chronicles 32:9, 2 Chronicles 32:10, 2 Chronicles 32:11, 2 Chronicles 32:21, 2 Chronicles 32:22, 2 Chronicles 33:11, Ezra 4:2, Ezra 6:22, Nehemiah 9:32, Psalms 83:8, Isaiah 7:17, Isaiah 7:18, Isaiah 7:20, Isaiah 8:4, Isaiah 8:7, Isaiah 10:5, Isaiah 10:12, Isaiah 11:11, Isaiah 11:16, Isaiah 14:25, Isaiah 19:23, Isaiah 19:24, Isaiah 19:25, Isaiah 20:1, Isaiah 20:4, Isaiah 20:6, Isaiah 23:13, Isaiah 27:13, Isaiah 31:8, Isaiah 36:1, Isaiah 36:2, Isaiah 36:4, Isaiah 36:8, Isaiah 36:13, Isaiah 36:15, Isaiah 36:16, Isaiah 36:18, Isaiah 37:4, Isaiah 37:6, Isaiah 37:8, Isaiah 37:10, Isaiah 37:11, Isaiah 37:18, Isaiah 37:21, Isaiah 37:33, Isaiah 37:37, Isaiah 38:6, Isaiah 52:4, Jeremiah 2:18, Jeremiah 2:36, Jeremiah 50:17, Jeremiah 50:18, Lamentations 5:6, Ezekiel 23:7, Ezekiel 32:22, Jonah 1:1-2, Jonah 3, Hosea 5:13, Hosea 7:11, Hosea 8:9, Hosea 9:3, Hosea 9:6, Hosea 10:6, Hosea 11:5, Hosea 11:11, Hosea 12:1, Hosea 14:3, Amos 3:9, Micah 5:5, Micah 5:6, Micah 7:12, Nahum 3:7, Nahum 3:18, Zephaniah 2:13, Zechariah 10:10, Zechariah 10:11, Judith 2:14, Judith 5:1, Judith 6:1, Judith 6:17, Judith 7:18, Judith 7:20, Judith 10:11, Judith 13:15, Judith 14:2, Judith 14:3, Judith 14:19, Judith 15:6, Judith 16:4, 4 Maccabees 13:9, 2 Esdras 2:8
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